QUICK GLANCE FOR NET EXAM -10

Information Retrieval: The
process of retrieving information about documents in a database relevant to a
query

Keyword : Technically, a
significant word / term taken from the text of a document (see also Descriptor)

Proximity Operator : A set
of operators to combine search terms that permit the searcher to specify the
context in which a search term should occur. Proximity operators allow the
searcher to specify whether two search terms should occur adjacent to one
another or the maximum number of other words that could be permitted between
the search terms

Search Engine : Large
databases of web resources along with a search language of their own to support
a wide range of search features to search the databases.

Search Language : An artificial language used to construct
search statements that can be input to an IRS;

Truncation : A search device
that supports searching of records containing any one or more of a number of
different terms by merely specifying a string of characters that is common to
the different search terms. The common string of characters could be in the
beginning (root) or at the end or even in the middle of a word; widely used for
words having morphological variations.

Integrated Library System : A library automation system in
which data entered in

one module by other modules to avoid data redundancy.

Intranet : A network
belonging to an organisation, accessible only by the organisation’s members,
employees, or others with appropriate that uses Internet technologies (TCP/IP
and others) for connectivity.

KOHA : An open source library management software available for
downloading from Internet at no cost. It uses some companion software and those
software are also freeware.

LAN : A network workstations
that are linked together within a limited geographical areas. Each node
(individual computer) in a LAN has its own CPU with which it executes programs,
but it is also able access data and devices anywhere in the LAN. This means that
many users can share executive devices, such as printers, as well as data. User
can also use LAN to communicate with each other.

Library Automation : Library
automation is the mechanization of housekeeping operations and information
handling activities mainly by using computer and communication technologies.

Library Housekeeping : A
group of basic routine operations related to acquiring, preparing, circulating
and preserving the library documents for their maximum use.

Library Management : A
software package used for the carrying out the Software functions and services
performed by libraries.

OPAC : Online Public Access
Catalogue (OPAC), as the name suggests, is a catalogue of all the library
resources which can be a library accessed onling through a computer network.

SOUL : SOUL stands for
Software for University Libraries. It is a library automation software package
developed by INFLIBNET (Information and Library network), Ahemdabad.

System Analysis : A powerful technique for the analysis of
an organization and its functions.

WAN : A computer network
that operates across large distances nationwide or worldwide by utilizing
telephone line, microwave and satellite links. It is also used to interconnect
LANs.

Authority Record : A
collection of information about one name, uniform title, or topical term
heading. An authority record can contain the established form of heading, see
from references, see also from references, and notes.

FRBR : A conceptual data
model for bibliographic database design and management. The model, proposed by
IFLA in 1998, is based on entity-analysis techniques.

Integrated Library : An automated library system in which
data entered in System: one module by other modules can be to eliminate data
redundancy.

ISO-2709 : An international
standard for bibliographic information interchange on magnetic tape, developed
in 1981. Most of the content designator schemes are based on this standard.

Master Database : A main file of information that acts as
the core database. Entries made once in the master file are available for data
entry work in related files.

Module : Functions specific to a particular system
capability such as the online public access catalog, cataloging, acquisition,
serial control, circulation, etc.

Open Source Software : Open
source software is typically created and maintained by developers crossing
institutional and national boundaries, collaborating by using internet based
communications and development tools. The products are usually free or
sometimes through a license (GPL).

RFID : RFID stands for Radio
Frequency IDentification. RFID system comprises three components: a tag, a
reader and an antenna. The tag is paper-thin chip, which stores vital
bibliographic data. Reader decodes the information contained in the chip and sends
to the server through antenna. This technology is now used extensively by LMSs
for patron self-checking function.

Tag 856 : A field in UNIMARC
and MARC 21 bibliographic format to accommodate electronic location and access
related to a bibliographical item. The field is optional and repeatable.

Third party Software : These are products manufactured or
developed by a corporate entity independent from vendor and provided by vendor
on a non-exclusive licensing or other distribution agreement with the third
party manufacturer.

Unicode : Unicode is a two
byte oriented code that can represent a total of 216 characters i,e, 65,536
characters. This standard is designed by Unicode Consortium and offers an ideal
solution to deal with multilingual processing work.

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